HMS Lion (1847)
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HMS Lion was an 80-gun second rate Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the 1840s. She was fitted with steam propulsion in 1858–1859. In 1871 Lion was converted into a training ship at HM Dockyard, Devonport. The ship was sold for scrap in 1905.
Description
The Vanguard class was designed by Sir William Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy, with each ship built with a slightly different hull shape to evaluate their speed and handling characteristics. Lion had a length at the gundeck of Script error: No such module "convert". and Script error: No such module "convert". at the keel. She had a beam of Script error: No such module "convert"., a draught of Script error: No such module "convert". and a depth of hold of Script error: No such module "convert".. The ship's tonnage was 2,589 <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />63⁄94 tons burthen.[1] The Vanguards had a wartime crew of 720 officers and ratings.[2]
The Vanguard class ships of the line were armed with twenty 32-pounder (56 cwt)[Note 1] cannon and two 68-pounder carronades on her lower gundeck, twenty-eight 32-pounder (50 cwt) cannon and another pair of 68-pounder carronades on the upper gundeck. On her quarterdeck were fourteen 32-pounder (42 cwt) cannon and on the forecastle deck were eight more 32-pounder (42 cwt) cannon.[2]
Modifications
When Lion was ordered to be modified for steam propulsion in 1856, she was fitted with a two-cylinder horizontal trunk steam engine of 400 nominal horsepower that drove a single propeller shaft. On trials the engine produced Script error: No such module "convert". which gave the ship a speed of Script error: No such module "convert"..[3]
Construction and career
Lion was ordered from Pembroke Dockyard on 18 March 1840 and laid down the following July. She was launched on 29 July 1847 and completed on 26 September. The ship was not fitted out and Lion was placed in ordinary. Her construction cost £59,113. Between February 1858 and May 1859, she was fitted with steam propulsion.[1]
Lion was sold for scrap on 11 July 1905.[1]
Notes
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- ↑ "Cwt" is the abbreviation for hundredweight, 56 cwt referring to the weight of the gun.
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Citations
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References
- Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. Template:ISBN.
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